In September 1909, Frank Matsura drove to Peter Reilly's land to take pictures of the Yakima Cattle Company's herd of 1100 cows on their way from Okanogan to Yakima. The cattle were purchased from the Okanogan area by EG Hardison of the Yakima...

For many years the cattle industry had been a viable business in the Okanogan region. But with news of the coming of the Great Northern Railroad, came the realization that settlers, farms, fences and land laws would put the days of cattle herding...

A herd of cattle are photographed by Matsura. They are in a field somewhere on the South Half of the Colville Indian Reservation. A number of ranchers drove their cattle across the river to the east side, setting them free to roam on the open...

Much of the "South Half"--land located on the Colville Indian Reservation across the river from Okanogan, was used for cattle grazing. Before the Government Irrigation Project and the development of the valley into orchards, cattle raising was one...

The Pioneer Jersey Dairy's float entry was described in the Okanogan Independent, the local newspaper, as one of the more ingenious of floats to date. Mr. M. M. Russell, proprietor of the dairy, supplied milk to the residents of Okanogan. He moved...

Before the coming of orchards under the Okanogan Irrigation Project, the cattle and sheep industry was about the only business in Okanogan that turned a profit. One of the largest ranchers, Madison Winfield Duley, quit in 1909, as more and more...

Palmer Lake lay near the town of Loomis, Washington. Loomis, founded in the 1870s, was an area populated early on by cattlemen. One outfit, Phelps and Wadleigh, herded cattle over from the west side near Seattle, through the Snoqualmie Pass and...

Two cowboys rope and brand a calf. The calf is held down using ropes attached to the horse's saddle. As more and more land was claimed by settlers for orchards, the cattle business moved on to greener (non-fenced) pastures away from Okanogan.

Mathilda Schaller and unidentified friends pose on the Okanogan Steel Bridge. Note on the back reads: O! your smiles we are having our Indian summer Nov-26-1911. Sign in the picture reads ""Reward of $25 for information leading to arrest and...

An birdseye view of a homestead and the surrounding Okanogan Valley. A large fence traces most of the property. The influx to the area of settlers (and their fences) caused many cowboys to give up the business in the region and find a new place to...

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